Nano Banana Lite is designed as the efficiency specialist of the image generation family, offering ultra-low latency and cost-effective image generation and editing. By targeting a sub-2 second latency and significantly reduced TPU compute costs, this model enables high-volume interactive developer use cases and real-time consumer applications.
Key capabilities:
- Sub-2 second end-to-end latency
- Interleaved generation and editing with native support for Text -> Text + Image(s) and Image + Text -> Text + Image(s).
- Optimized for lower resolutions of 1K (1024x1024px).
- Supports a discrete set of 14 aspect ratios including standard formats.
- Fast multi-turn local edits (swapping colors, sticker creation, background adjustments).
- Maintains high character alignment matching original Nano Banana standards.
- New
1:1,3:2,2:3,3:4,4:3,4:5,5:4,9:16,16:9,21:9aspect ratios. - Supported
image_sizevalues:1024px(1K). (Note: 2K and 4K are unsupported). - SynthID (Always On) + C2PA watermarking.
Documentation
Visit the Image generation page for full coverage of features and capabilities.
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Model code | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image |
| Supported data types |
Inputs Text and Image Output Image and Text |
| Token limits[*] |
Input token limit 65,536 Output token limit 4,096 |
| Capabilities |
Audio generation Not supported Batch API Supported Caching Not supported Code execution Not supported File search Not supported Function calling Supported Grounding with Google Maps Not supported Grounding with Google Search Not supported Image editing Supported Image generation Supported Live API Not supported Search grounding Not supported Structured outputs Not supported Thinking Supported (minimal and high) URL context Not supported |
| Versions |
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| Latest update | June 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | January 2025 |